Top Five Fertilizers for Tomato Plants

This year I planted a vegetable garden in my backyard. I started planting in May and finished around the beginning of June. I planted three rows of tomatoes in the middle of the garden, and made sure I spaced them out according to the instructions on the package. It's now the end of July, and my tomato plants look like a Charlie Brown Christmas tree. There are no tomatoes growing, the plant itself is about five inches tall, and the dirt looks like a cement. Now I am wondering how I could have improved the growth of my tomato plants.

What I should have done from the get go, was purchase some tomato plant fertilizer. After careful research and past experiences with fertilizer, here is a list of some excellent fertilizers.

Scott's Miracle Gro

Miracle Gro offers a variety of fertilizers for tomato plant growers to purchase that are organic. These would include spikes, liquid plant food, garden soils, and Shake n' Feed. Each Miracle Gro Product is well known for it's high yields of plump, juicy tomatoes. You can find this in almost any garden store, or online at www.amazon.com.

Jobes Fertilizer Spikes

Jobes Fertilizer Spikes are spikes that are inserted into the ground in the area of the tomato plant and are organic. Each spike is premeasured and releases nutrients into the soil throughout a 60 day time period. Get yourself an 18 pack for under $5 at www.amazon.com.

Espoma Tomato Tone

An organic formula of nutrients plant food. It is known for its plump and juicy effects to it's tomato plants. This plant food can be added to your tomato garden twice a month to ensure that your tomatoes grow just how you want them. To find this product in a garden store near you, go to www.espoma.com/p_consumer/find_dealer.cfm/

GSC Organic Tomato Fertilizer

A granular organic fertilizer that provides the nutrients that your tomatoes need to grow tall and large fruits. For $7 to $14, depending on the size, you can purchase online at www.gardeners.com under the vegetable, fertilizer section. This is a slow nutrient releaser so there is no worries about burning your plants roots.

Dr O's

Dr O's offers a variety of organic fertilizers, such as,Bone Meal, Soil Sulfur, Blood Meal, and liquid plant food and fertilizers. These organic fertilizers give your tomato plants the nitrogen, sulfur, and phosphates it needs to grow into tall, health vegetable plants. You can purchase these on www.starnursery.com from $5 to $15.